Francis Chachu Ganya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 461 to 470 of 1798.

• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the Consideration of the Hydrologists Bill, 2016. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, pursuant to Section 7 of the Climate Change Act, 2016, Section 8(1) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011 and Standing Order 45(4), this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the vetting of the Nominees for appointment as Members of the National Climate Change Council, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 (Morning Sitting), and approves the recommendations of the Committee as follows:- (i) Approves the appointment of Messrs. Suresh Patel and John Kioli as Members of the National Climate Change Council; (ii) Rejects the ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: We were not questioning the academic or professional qualifications of the two nominees. What we questioned was the integrity of the nomination process. We felt that for instance they were handpicked and no structures were used to nominate those two individuals. We approved Messrs. Patel and John Kioli. Mr. Patel was nominated by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) which is an institution well known in this country. Mr. John Kioli was nominated by civil society organisations dealing with matters of climate change. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I said these were highly qualified Kenyans. However, what we questioned was the integrity of the nomination process. We felt the institutions that were supposed to nominate these individuals were not used. The nominees were just handpicked and that is contrary to the Climate Change Act and our laws. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: For the other two, Mr. Kioli and Mr. Patel, the institutions that were required to nominate them were the Private Sector Alliance for Mr. Patel and the umbrella civil society association for Mr. Kioli. These institutions deal with issues of climate change. They belong to the Kenya National Climate Working Group. This is an outfit that is well known to some of us who are environmentalists. There were issues of regional balance. Out of the four, two are from one region and we felt that it would be fair to balance when appointing these individuals. Those are the reasons that ... view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for being very considerate. From the outset, I support this Bill. It is a very important Bill as it tries to address the challenges we face in our land laws in this country. In particular, it will enable us to realise our development targets as a nation by enabling the Government to acquire the land it needs to develop infrastructure for public good and for the common good of this country, whether it is railways, roads or schools. In this city and our cities, we need to have mass transport. For us to realise ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended in the Schedule to the proposed amendments to the National Transport and Safety Authority Act by deleting– (a) paragraph (a) of the proposed amendment to section 4(1); The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: (b) paragraph (a) of the proposed amendment to section 6(1); and, (c) the proposed new section. view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I will explain. view